SALE - redux and reduced.

If you missed our sale, here's another chance to save BIG on quality iris. Prices are reduced.  No iris over $4.  Locally grown Tall Bearded iris $3. Medians $2 and grab-bag "orphans" 2/$1.  Buy 3 get one free. There is a great selection of iris rhizomes!  Other perennials will be available for sale.

NEW Meeting Location!

We have a change in venue! Our regular meetings this year will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Honeoye Falls, NY.  We hope this may encourage some of our Southern Tier friends and AIS members to join us as it may be a tad closer.  It is also an easy drive of about 30 minutes from Rochester. The Village of Honeoye Falls is lovely.

Directions:
There is a Google Maps link in the box to the right.  Use this or your GPS to get to 11 Episcopal Ave., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472.  Please be aware that "Ave." in Honeoye Falls means alley.  The church is set back and not visible from W. Main Street (Rte.94).  The founders apparently thought Episcopal Alley was not seemly.

Once you have found the church, the parish hall will be to your right.  That is where we will meet.

From Rochester and Points North:
Take Rte. 65 (Clover St.) to Honeoye Falls. Go straight through the stop light (please stop if it is red).  Do not follow Rte. 65 which turns left. The first right turn is Episcopal Ave. The church is at the end of this.
OR
Take 390 South to exit  11. Follow signs to Rte. 251 East.  Follow through Rush to the traffic circle at Rte. 65.  Take the first exit in the circle heading south on Rte. 65 (Clover St.) to Honeoye Falls. Go straight through the stop light (please stop if it is red).  Do not follow Rte. 65 which turns left. The first right turn is Episcopal Ave. The church is at the end of this.

From Points South.
Take I-390 north to exit 10. Follow Rtes. 5 & 20 East to Lima.  Turn left onto Rte. 15A North. Bear Right at Rte. 94 following the sign to Honeoye Falls.  When you enter the village watch for the traffic light.  On your left you will the post office a block BEFORE you reach the light.  Episcopal Ave. is on the left immediately past the post office. Turn left on Episcopal Ave. the church is at the end of this.
OR
Find your way to Lima via 15A or  5 & 20. Follow 15A north and follow the instructions above.

October Newsletter!

Greater Rochester Iris Society

an Affiliate of the American Iris Society

September 2013 newsletter

Editor – Cara Hutchings

Welcome to what hopefully will be a wonderful fall after enjoying a delightful summer!  We certainly have been lucky this summer.  We had a great show to start off and a very successful sale at the height of summer.  Thanks to all members for all your help, participating in the show, donating iris for the sale, and working the sale!  Oh, and don’t forget the great time we had at the picnic!  Special thanks to Barb Veomett for hosting the picnic at her beautiful house.

    

Our next meeting is coming up fast.  It will be on September 8^th at 2 pm at Monroe County CCE, 249 Highland Ave.  We have a lot to discuss, as we will be going over the budget and doing some planning for next year, since we would like to devote as much time as possible to our October speaker (more on that later).  We will also be having a presentation by Neil Houghton on our new website, http://rochesteriris.blogspot.com and how to use the Internet to have a better garden (hmm…. can you really grow a better iris on the internet?).  and Betty Schnellinger will be showing how to use our yahoo group to its best advantage.  That is found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GRISiris. Check things out before the meeting, and let us know your questions then!  We will be having elections at our October meeting, so anyone planning to run for an office needs to let Wes Hyde, our election chairperson, know by the end of the September meeting. 

M.J. Urist in her iris garden with Betty and Jim

In October, we will be presenting a very special guest, MJ Urist from Tully, NY.  She started growing Louisiana Iris (on a dare) in 2007, and hasn’t stopped growing them since!  There are over 150 registered and introduced varieties in her gardens, with several hundred seedlings under observation.  We feel very fortunate to have her speak on October 13^th.  She also likes to share her love of Louisiana iris, so she may have a few surprises in store for us.

  

On October 18-19 we will be hosting the Region 2 fall meeting. We will need everyone’s help to make this a success.  On Friday, we will have a judge’s training session with our speaker, Stephanie Markham of Toadland Gardens in Norfolk, MA. Afterwards will be a dessert/social hour featuring our great cooks in the club (yes, I'm talking to you, you great cooks!).  On Saturday will be the actual board and member meetings in the morning, followed by a terrific lunch, and then Stephanie will again speak about her hybridizing efforts.  Everyone who has heard her speak says she is quite personable and a great speaker.   I am looking forward to it! 

  

We will be having a silent auction, with a chance to bid on iris hybridized by Stephanie, as well as other items.  And again, we need your help.  As you go around to garage sales and flea markets this fall, check and see what iris or garden related items there might be.  Please consider purchasing them and donating them to the silent auction. 

  

So please consider bringing a friend to a meeting (an extra Rochester Rewards when they do, and 5 extra if they join!) and don’t forget, we need to lock the doors of the CCE 15 minutes after the start of the meeting!